Students Seriously Sick

OTHER NEWS TO NOTE NORTHEAST

Officials Check Bubble Gum

June 5, 1994

NANTY GLO, PA. — Thirteen elementary school students were stricken with stomach cramps and nausea Friday, and authorities tried to learn if they were sickened by bubble gum a student handed out. Two girls were admitted to Lee Hospital in Johnstown, where they were in serious condition. Nine other fifth- and sixth-grade students were treated and sent home. All of the sickened students were thought to have chewed gum that was distributed by a sixth-grader on a school bus and a playground before classes. It was not known whether the sixth-grader also got sick.